Chibuzor Ukaibe

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Abuja, Nigeria, June 27, 2013--Nigerian
authorities should stop the legal harassment of journalists in connection with a
critical story about President Goodluck Jonathan's political plans, the
Committee to Protect Journalists said today. A reporter and editor for the
Nigerian daily Leadership, and a representative of the Leadership parent
company, were arraigned in court today and charged anew with forgery along with
new counts that could put them in prison for life.

Lagos, Nigeria, April 10, 2013--Nigerian police
should stop harassing the staff of the leading independent daily Leadership
over a story critical of President Goodluck Jonathan, the Committee to Protect
Journalists said today.

On
Monday, police in the capital Abuja summoned four Leadership journalists for questioning over an April 3 story
entitled "Outrage Trails Presidential Directive on Tinubu, APC," according to the
newspaper.
The story reported on public criticism of Jonathan following Leadership's publication a day earlier
of a purported presidential
memorandum in which Jonathan allegedly laid out plans to increase petrol prices
and sabotage a merger of opposition political parties ahead of the 2015
elections by targeting their leaders' business interests.